title: A technique to simulate human interaction: relational styles leading to a schizophrenic communication pattern and back to normal.
abstract: This article describes an attempt to use a theoretical model of human interaction called the elementary pragmatic model to determine which communication style leads from a normal subject's interactive pattern to a schizophrenic's and, conversely, from schizophrenia to normality. Results of this experimentation reveal a clear correspondence with the data published in the literature on communication deviances and family therapy. The computer simulation indicates preferential ways of therapeutic intervention.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Giacomo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pierri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lefons
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mich
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006698:Holtzman Inkblot Test; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology